However, the first permanent settlement in North America was by the English in 1607. More and more people arrived in the New World, and by 1732, the English colonies numbered 13. ... The people who settled in the New England Colonies wanted to keep their family unit together and practice their own religion. ... The people who founded the Middle Colonies were looking to practice their own religion (Pennsylvania mainly) or to make money. ... Religion/Society What people believed depended on where they lived. ...

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Although they were settled mostly by people of English origin, the New England and Chesapeake regions developed very differently due to social, economic and political factors. ... The kinds of governments in each region caused the New England colonies to have laws based on religion that they created themselves and followed to please God, while the colonies in the Chesapeake area were often unhappy with their government who often pleased the rich and ignored the needs of the poor. ... The Articles of Agreement for Massachusetts stated that there would be rich and poor families, relative economi...

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Religion was an active part of the Spanish and English colonies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ... Throughout these centuries there were hardships and tough situations that these colonies had to deal with but both the Spanish and English ended up getting what they wanted. ... These two colonies, Spanish and English, are quite different when it comes to the role of religion in the New World. ... Both Spanish colonies and English colonies used religion to get to the New World and try to become something in the Americas. Both Colonies were able to change their lives and they did tha...

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The first English colony in the new world was Jamestown, founded in 1607. ... Religion shaped politics in the new colonies by forming a semi-theocracy where the richest and most religious white men ran the government. ... Maryland, founded by Lord Baltimore, a member from an important English Catholic family, was strictly Catholic. ... Religion can be a very powerful thing, especially when forming new colonies. ... Religion shaped the colonies by influencing society and politics. ...

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The main difference between tow colonies are external environment, society structure and religion's attitudes. ... The English colonists had different outlook with native American. ... The last but most important difference is the belief on religion. ... While in Northern Colonies, people had a strict limitation on religion. ... The "moral liberty " and banished clearly shown the difference religion limitation between the Southern Colonies and the Northern Colonies....

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This religious enthusiasm quickly spread from the Middle Colonies to the New England colonies. ... The early revivals in the Northern colonies inspired convents to become missionaries in the Southern colonies. ... The Great Awakening in the American colonies was greatly influenced by the ideas of the English. ... During Whitefield's several trips to the colonies after 1739, he preached everywhere in the American colonies, often drawing audiences so large he had to preach outdoors. ... In this time period, religion entered a new era internally dividing some groups like the Congregationalis...

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The southern English colonies displayed many similar characteristics. The colonies of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia are known as the plantation colonies. ... Slavery was also permitted and accepted in all the southern colonies. ... Many similarities are evident in the five southern colonies. ... Religious toleration throughout the plantation colonies provided oppressed religions with freedom of worship. ...

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The Virginia and the Massachusetts colonies differed greatly in terms of society and economy. ... Unlike Virginia, Massachusetts had a lack of staple crops to exchange for English goods, but the success of their own shipping mercantile enterprises worked in their favor. ... Religion exercised a pervasive influence over the lives of those in New England towns, such as Massachusetts. ... Contrary to the strict Puritan society of Massachusetts, Virginia was much more laid-back in regards to religion. In the seventeenth century, the colony in Virginia was declared that of Anglican religion and Pur...

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The French had a lack of able men to go set up the colonies due to wars in Europe, and so their colonies proved to be much less vast than the Spanish. ... The French government decided that Catholicism would be the official religion of the colonies and so they banned Protestants from the settlement. ... Unlike the other two nations, the English fought with the Native Americans openly in several bloody wars. ... The Spanish, French, and English had different ideas as to how the New World should be explored and controlled. ... The colonies met with different levels of success and encountered di...

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There were three main subsets of colonies: Northern, middle, and southern. ... In the Middle colonies, religious freedom was granted more exclusively than in the Northern colonies. ... Lord Baltimore of a prominent English family founded Maryland in 1634. ... The southern colonies are proof that religion was not a prime facet of society but a glimmer of light willing to shine on anyone who searched for it. ... Nowadays, freedom of religion is guaranteed to all citizens of this wonderful country and it all began with the extent to which religious freedom existed in the British North American ...

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Religion also played an important role. The Spanish were pushing hard to convert many of the Natives in America to thier Catholic religion, while many settlers in the Northern region of America were moving there for religious freedom. ... English England was begining exploration the same year as the Dutch. ... During the 17th century, England established colonies in North America and the Carribean that became the foundations of the British Empire. ... The English then Established a string of colonies along the eastern coast of North America. ...

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Despite being settled and originally colonized by mainly English settlers, the New England colonies and the Chesapeake region were distinctly different by the beginning of the eighteenth century. ... The New England colonies had a backbone of religion and worship, while the Chesapeake region was not founded on religious principles. ... The New England colonies and Massachusetts especially were founded on the basis of religion. (Document D) It is note worthy that all social life revolved around religion and worship in the New England Colonies. ... It is because of the diverse political ideol...

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Betty Wood introduces her book, The Origins of American Slavery: Freedom and Bondage in the English Colonies, by raising two conceptually-related questions: 1) What made English colonists believe they had the right to enslave West Africans and; 2) What prompted them to do so? ... The English saw no formalized religion in the West Africans, either, and therefore thought they were less humane. ... The English also viewed them to be very important "assets" in their quarrels with Spain, and they believed that the Native Americans could easily be taught the English ways and help spread the n...

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The vast differences between the colonies of Jamestown and New England begin with their charters and the reasons for those charters. ... Some of the resulting colonies of New England extended this religious freedom to all members of the colony, some insisted that every member of the colony submit to the chosen religion. ... After all, the Native Americans were seen as savages with a heathen religion (Ayers et al, page 48). Not being on the same level as the English settlers, the English were able to justify their horrific treatment of the Native Americans. ... While Jamestown was a bus...

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By 1775, there were over 32 English colonies in North America. ... In New England, colonies such as Plymouth (1620) and MBC (1630) were founded for settlement, self-rule and freedom of religion. ... Because of the shared English origins of these colonies, by the mid 18th century, all colonies were mostly populated with Protestants and had developed English language and customs. ... Entertainment-wise, in the English customs, amusement was encouraged when time permitted in most colonies. ... Thus, because the Puritans believed that religion was closely linked to government, they applied the...

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The middle colonies were originally settled by the Dutch, then Sweden, and finally the English. ... Religion differed in importance between each region of colonies. ... Religion also played a very minimal role in the economy and politics. ... Southern colonies had a biracial community that was heavily socially-stratified based on English tradition and wealth in society. ... The middle colonies society was diverse with many cultures, languages, and religions. ...

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Several nations contributed to the early American colonies. ... Despite their biggest cultural difference, religion, the time came for them to come together and they did it without any major distress. ... The Virginians came to America in hopes of finding religious tolerance and still keep their English identity. Despite their wish to keep their English identity they made the biggest steps toward forming an independent nation. ... Although there were some glitches in the formation of the United States it all eventually came together because most of the early American...

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Colonies of colonial America had different views when it came to religion, but they all had one thing in common. All of the colonies could to some extent, decide themselves what religions could be established in the colony. ... A second example is the colony of Pennsylvania, which was founded by an English man named William Penn. ... Completely opposite to the idealistic freedom of religion colonies was Massachusetts. ... This society was filled with diverse religions, commerce, and discrete legislative assemblies. ...

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It was founded by Roger Williams, this haven for the religiously persecuted offered complete freedom of religion, even for Jews and Catholics in a region dominated by Protestants. ... The middle colonies thrived from a fertile farming region, it became known as the "bread colonies- for exports of grain; the colony also grew a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. ... Generally, the middle colonies were less aristocratic than New England and the Southern Colonies. ... A well advertised place, Pennsylvania distributed pamphlets in English, Dutch, French and German, causing many people to migrat...

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"Economic issues, not religion, determined the development of the English colonies in North America." ... Massachusetts's political ideas were all based around the Puritan religion.   ... These set of "laws" demonstrated the importance of religion within the colony.   ... Both economic and religious issues directly influenced the development of the colonies.  "Economic issues, not religion, determined the development of the English colonies in North America." ...

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Tricia Chow 9/28/03 2* This land is your land Geography was a major factor in the way people lived in the three mayor areas of English settlement in North America. ... Their religion caused them to work together as a community. ... Working together through religion was a foundation for substance farms. ... English stockholders founded Jamestown in 1607 in hope of finding gold and getting rich. ... The way people lived in the New England colonies was started through religion the sense of community. ...

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Even though most of the colonies on the eastern seaboard during the 17th century had English origin, each colony had its differences. The colonies of Chesapeake and Plymouth are two perfect examples. Each of the colonies had distinctive differences in their religion, government and economy. ... Religion also affected the economics of each colony. ... There were many things that rendered the differences in the colonies. ...

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" From the beginning, the English colonies had democratic characteristics such as majority rule, representative government, and freedom of religion." ... The Magna Charta, or the Magna Carta, is the document that King John of England was forced by the English barons to sign in 1215, guaranteeing certain rights to them. ... The Bloody Tenet was arranged to stress the point that God requires not a uniformity of religion and the power lies in the people. The idea to respect ones religion even if you are against it comes from this tenet. ... In the English Bill of Rights it is stated that the su...

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They have also been accused of attempting to undermine religion and plotting for revolution. ... Fozdar (2011) states "The official position in British and American Freemasonry has long been that the Masonic order is not a religion; rather, it is predicated on, and serves, religious faith" (p.496). ... As a radical thought movement that emerged from the Reformation, Freemasonry was the first widespread and well-connected organization to promote religious toleration and liberty-principles that the fraternity helped spread through the American colonies. ... Armson (2012) states "The English Mas...

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Religion and religious tolerance was completely different in each region, running from being free to complete persecution. ... The Puritans were a group of English Protestants that wanted to "purify" the Church of England. ... The Chesapeake colonies began as private colonies. ... The local people of the colony, the colonial assembly, and the English appointed governor shared political power over the region. ... Georgia was founded to try and get rid of debtors in England and create a buffer between English America and Spanish Florida. ...

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